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Holy day, holiday : the American Sunday by McCrossen, Alexis is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Holy day, holiday : the American Sunday about?
The mass protests that greeted attempts to open the 1893 Chicago World's Fair on a Sunday seem almost comical today in an era of seven-day convenience and twenty-four-hour shopping. But the issue of the meaning of Sunday is one that has historically given rise to a wide range of strong emotions and pitted a surprising variety of social, religious, and class interests against one another. Whether observed as a day for rest, or time-and-a-half, Sunday has always been a day apart in the American we
Who reads Holy day, holiday : the American Sunday?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- McCrossen, Alexis
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801487873
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Christian, Religion, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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